Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-16

her.
So long IS she keeps these objects il
view, she Is justified Ia the use Of what
ever time and m 0neY her situation may
demand for the purpose. When she
ignores these points, and dresses to out
vie her neigh00r, she is indulging in soul
less eXtraVaganCe.
wife ought TO make q careful study
of her husbands tastes in dress, and sp-
pargl herself accordingly. In order to do
this, would advise her TO keep table:
at hand on which TO lot down his fatter-
ing comments on other ladies' costumes,
0f 10 make a memorandum of the toilets
(Which won his edmiring glances. In this
way many wife would gain fairer es-
Il INNATE of her husbands tastes than by
trusting TO his comments or her OWE
dress.
If a woman knows that she cannot
afford TO wear &s rich clothing As some OF
her friends, or that she oVertaxes and
embarrasses her husband IN the ef0rt, she
is guilty Of On an inexcusa5ie folly, 81
most crime il she insist upon It. The
garment which has 10 be obtained by
coaxing Or teSrs, and paid for by sleep
less nights Of WORK, can never bring the
wearer happiness or success. Better to
be clothed in sSck-cloth.
Young men declare they cannot afford
20 marry nowsdSy because girls are so
extrsyagsnt. They may blame them
selves for much of this extravaganza. Il
is the well-dTessed women on whom they
bestOW their attentions and their compli-
ments.
| Through the thin wall OF q hotel partI-
ton 1 wEs the involuntary listener not
long ago to conversation between two
young men. They were discussing the
| young ladies with whom they mad be-
come acquainted during the summer.
"Y0u Just ought TO have seen the girl I
met at Lake George" said one. "Her
dresses fitted like the paper on the wall
No lady there could compare with her in
style I"
[ think as rule, however, that it does
not require extravagant expenditure to
produc pleasing effects for the opposite
sex. Men like well fitted garment, in
the prevaing fashion, and in becoming
c0lors. O1ly the dudes and statesmen are
experts in judging Of expensive materials
and elaborate finish.
heard gentleman rave over lady's
costume one day, and pronounce it one OF
the most effective and elegant he had
ever seen. It was q simple serge, but
eXquisitely fitted and draped, and the
color was exactly suited to the Wearer.
His wife, who fr0Wned at his rhspsodies.
and no doubt wondered at his taste, was
stirred in an expensive silk, overturned
and clnmsily made, and Of hideously
unhecCming shaUe.
know two girls: one is daughter OF
wealth, who wastes fortune on dress
every year. l say wastes, because she
throws her money way recklessly, ruins
a garment quickly, and is seldom neatly
dressed. The other girl wears inexpen-
Sive materials, is scrupulousiy nest and
careful, and on one twentieth OF the money
expended by the heiress she is better ap-
psrelled and more pleasing 10 the eye.
American women dress in far better
and more distinctive taste than they did a
decade OF years ago. Individuality in
dress is becoming more potent than
fashion.
Few Of US realize to whom thanks is due
for this welcome innovation.
We made sport Of Oscar Wilde, yet we
owe him almost as great DEBT of graft
tude as We owe TO The centennial cele-
bfstion of 1876. He told the American
woman to study her personnel, and TO
adapt her garments to her Gown psrticu-
lar style" He told her to dare to be
artistic; aud the effect OF his words in
cresss with each passing year.
No woman ever ought to make 8 pur-
chase Of evena print or cambria morning
dress without pausiDg to think whether
il suits her style. II she is tall and sal
low, she does not need to increase her
height and her sallowness by 6 pale blue
stripe! Leave that for the short blonde,
and purchase crimson check, or q plain
dark blue. -
It was the Creators original intention
that all women should be feir to look
upon. Ugliness sud deformitY are the
results of wrong. methods of living and
thinking, and it Ia in our power to greatly
augment or modify these misfortunes by
our methods Of dress. 1t is noble art,
and should be studied like any other of
the arts.
1t is useless to deny the fact, and we
may as well be frank about it, our gar
ments for the street are uncomfortable
and iDconvenient. But what are we going
TO do about Il? Only the fortunate pos
SCISSOR Of perfect forms and faces can
look well in unfsshionsble attire. Per-
feet beauties are few, and even they pre-
fer TO increase their charms by attractive
costumes.
Men are qui k to note with sppreciative
glsnces, or ready words of admiration, |
fresh and stylish toilet. They are quick |
to deride and ridicule woman who dsres |
to be independent of fashion.
So long IS mankind finds fashionable |
garments the attractive ones, so long wo- |
mankind will strive to keep close to |
Dame Fashion, mo matter how she pinches |
Us, pricks US, drags Us down and over
loads Us.
believe the corset is ruinous to the |
real beauty of the female figure, and TO |
the health of women. All the long de-
fences OF it ever written, az the disserts-
tons on the "suppad'G6l, ftes the wearer,
and Iong-liveJuyiDg. sa 10 have been
brought up frc= rrv cradle in
stays, will never convince any
sensible human being. Anything |
which congresses the waist In the least
degree, anything which prevents deep
anything which does not per-
nit as to leap, run, fence, swim, or prac
tice gymnastics, without extra fatigue, /
must be Injurious.
A slight woman msy do all this in lecing |
strings, but without them the fort would |
be undenlably easier.
In one of the uptown hotel parlors
heard two mothers chstting about their
young daughters lest month. "Il
am really worried about Nellie"
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